Grand Prairie Residents Share Christmas Week Activities
Grand Prairie community notes a busy spell of visits and gatherings. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. James Irwin and families travel to nearby towns, attend Farmers Union events, and exchange holiday greetings. Several local couples attend programs in Sunol and Sidney, while others shop, host dinners, and help with farm work. The piece lists numerous names, visits, and small-town errands reflecting a festive period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Irwin
Ethel
Sadie
Kidney
R. C. Ruhter
Alfred Jorgensen
A. R Tremain
Molls Johnson
Earl Johnson
Smndy Womans Club
Booth
Clifford Rathbun
Alva Hart
Missouri
Mons Johnson
A. R. Tremain
Guy
Harold
William Sharman
Mr. Sharman
J. C. Jorgensen
Alfred
Anna Jorgensen
Farmers Union
Nels Johnson
Cecil
Bert Askington
EB. Planck
Henry Beebe
Ed Miles
Hazel
Sidney
Jorgensen
Charles Welton
Helen Christensen
John Olson
Fred Nelson
Andrew Johnson
Chris Junker
Frank Christensen
Albert Frerichs
John Seifer
Hugh Slangon
A. G. Weaver
Albert
Mas
Nels Hoagland
Sunol
District 17
Grand Prairie
W. E. Meyer
Helen
Frank Heinzman
Paul
Verniel
Fred Windsheimer
White Cove Valley Socials Report Quiet Week
Mrs English and Mrs Hill assisted Carl Mergerholz with turkey dressing on Monday. Roy Gross had two brothers visit from Sunday night to Monday. Phil Brossard and John McDonnell visited Charles Lee on Monday. Mr Marshall and George traveled to Crook Monday afternoon. Danny and Melvin Gross and Vernon Reeves visited the McDonnell home Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bowen
Henry Beebe
Verniel
W. E. Meyer
Frank Lundgren
Sundl
Henry Elsen
Alfred Jorgensen
W. T. Sharman
Bernard Hill
Roy English
E. F. Loudy
Louisana
Mrs. Lee
Crook
John McDonnell
Gus Sutter
Mr. Marshall
George
D. R. Grosa
Russ Lee
Harry Reeves
Sterling
Glen and
Rudolph Meyerholz
Merle English
D. KR
Gross
Gross Boys
Owen
Ace Hostetler
Loudy
Oren Loudy
Ellis Frakes
McDonnell Home
White Dove School
Ed Biiney
Frank Loudy
Mrs. English
Danny
Melvin Gross
Vernon Reeves
Village Spreade for Miles in Kempton England
A description of Kempton England’s village stretching along a single road for seven miles, claimed as possibly the largest village in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kempton
England
Local notes reflect community life and events
South Sund residents share visits and birthdays while a bazaar raises forty dollars. Opal Allington misses school due to bad roads and Eldora Bahr plans to return to classes. Edna Bahr returns home from the Gade residence. Attendances at the Hilliard sale and visits among Miles, Hilliard, Osborn, Roth, and Sund families occur. A Christmas program is slated for December 20 in District 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Phelps
J. C. Miles
T. A. Bonser
Willing Workers Club
Opal Allington
Eldora Bahr
Edna Bahr
Wm. Gade
Hilliard Sale
W. A. Holmes
Fle
Ray Osborn
E. N. Roth
Hilliard
Hillard
California
Ray North
Sidney
Christmas visits and local activities around Potter and Sidney
Miss Danna Mavis left Saturday for Omaha to spend Christmas with her parents. Various neighbors and families including Fisher, Nelson, Reetz, Lambert, and Schubarth shared visits, grain hauling, shopping, and preparations for a Christmas program. An infant son of C. H. McKee returned home in improved health after care from Dr. Sloan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danna Mavis
Omaha
A. E. Fisher
Oscar Redeen
Peter Nelson
Alice
George Reetz
Jesse Lambert
Sidney
Arlo Fisher
Potter
Roy
Robert
Myrtle Nelson
Ellia Fisher Home
Herman Schubarth
Andy Brett
Dan Duncan
Pete Nelson
Herman &Ehubarth
C. H. McKee
Sloan
Dr M B Pettibone Dentist Office Ad Lays Out Laundry Task
An old newspaper fragment shows a dental office ad for Dr M B Pettibone with an instruction to send it to the laundry. The text is partially garbled but indicates a routine business notice and a playful laundry directive.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lee Johnson
Denver
Christ
Nels Uoaglind
Walter Craig and
A. Greg
Bert HillHiard
Hildegarde Jobe
Harold Jobe
Don Beebe
Carl Meyerholz
Mrs. Loudy
J. E. McDonnell
White Cove Valley
South Sund
Frank Shurdle
Howard Phelps
Chamber OF Commerce
John Nelson
Homer Fisher
Charles Johnson
Hilma Nelson
Art Brandenberg
Ellis Fisher
M. BE. Pettibone
Burgess & Son Cash & Carry Grocery
Sage
Santa Claus
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!